Defense Ministry also reports liberation of settlement of Sviato-Pokrovske in the Donetsk region.
On Thursday, Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed that long-range Tu-95MS bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a seven-hour patrol mission over neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas.
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The Russian military command said that at certain stages of the missile-carrying bombers’ route, the aircraft were monitored by fighter jets from other countries. During the mission, the Tu-95MS bombers were escorted by Su-33 fighter jets of the Russian Navy.
“All flights by aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces are conducted in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace,” the Defense Ministry recalled.
Russia’s strategic aviation, which includes Tu-160, Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 bombers, regularly conducts patrol flights over neutral waters of the Arctic, the North Atlantic, the Black and Baltic seas, the Pacific Ocean and other areas. These flights have not been interrupted by the Ukrainian war.
The Tu-95MS conducted a scheduled flight over international waters of the Norwegian and Barents Seas
7+ hours airborne, escorted by Su-33s, with NATO jets watching closely
The heavily modernized four-engine strategic bomber — in its natural element pic.twitter.com/YiKi9H7QlD
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On Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry also informed that units of its Southern Group of Forces had liberated the settlement of Sviato-Pokrovske in the Donetsk region.
“Ukrainian collapse on the Donetsk lines. Situation on the Siversk and Soledar fronts: The Russian army continued its advance west of the Bakhmutovka River, seizing control of several positions and trenches from Sviato-Pokrovske to the wooded area north of Pazeno,” the online media Informações Mundiais e Militares reported.
“South of this village, Russian forces continued their advance toward Nykyforivka. Furthermore, Russian troops began capturing the trenches and hills between Vasyukivka and Zaliznyanske following the Ukrainian army’s withdrawal from these positions,” it added.
In addition, Russian air defense systems shot down six aerial bombs, one U.S.-made HIMARS rocket and 472 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles in the special military operation zone over the past 24 hours.
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Sources: EFE – Xinhua
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